I am going to have my doctor fill out the medical report rather than giving consent for my insurer to send my medical information as I think that’s better in my case.
There are 10 pages to the medical report for the CPP-D application. I know I have to fill out pages 1 and 2, and then my doctor has to fill out p3-10 and then mail it in. On p3 of the report, it says “Do not remove any pages from this medical report. You must return all 10 pages of this report.”
So if having your doctor fill it out, do I print all 10 pages, then fill out p1-2 myself and then take the set of documents (p1-10) to the doctor? Then once the doctor has filled out p3-10, the doctor mails the entire set of documents (p1-10) to Service Canada?
I know it can’t be submitted electronically, but I want to make sure this is how I should go about it, as this seems such an old-fashioned way lol
Just an update: Thanks to a helpful member of this forum, I have realized I was working on an old 2024 version of the CPP-D application form, which states applications have to be mailed to Service Canada, instead of the newest application form and medical report which were updated in Feb 2025, and can be submitted electronically. It seems you can also upload additional documents online, so I am hoping I can upload my entire medical file from my doctor that way, rather than mailing in hundreds of pages.
I recommend most people send in the long-term disability medical file as well. You will eventually need to give this anyways if your claim gets denied and you need to appeal to the Tribunal. The tribunal judges expect to see that type of file and will assume the worst if it isn’t there. Good luck with your application!
David Brannen
Disability Lawyer with Resolute Legal
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@David_Brannen Thank you for your input. That is very helpful. I don’t want my insurer to know yet that I am applying for CPP-D (and they haven’t asked me to do so yet), so I will submit my LTD claim file with my CPP-D application by myself for now (I recently obtained a copy of my complete claim file from my insurer at my 2yr mark), rather than giving consent to Service Canada to contact my insurer for my file. I guess the way to think of it is to send in everything !
PS. I am following your CPP Disability Application workbook which has been a Godsend. Thank you for all your work.
This sounds great. Thank you for your kind words!! Good luck with your application 